@judi.graysky.social
Suffolk mum and CEO of St Elizabeth Hospice. Passionate about health equity and encouraging Compassionate Communities to support one another. Posting mostly personal but bit of work too, opinions are all my own.
This was so special. The beautiful Bury Psalter was written circa 1400 in the Abbey of St Edmund and is one of only two books from the pre-Reformation Abbey to remain in Bury St Edmunds. Since 1704, it has been owned by the local grammar school who have now gifted it to @stedscath.bsky.social
Catching up on Small Prophets, finished it this evening. I loved the combination of innocence and wildness - nothing is normal and yet everything is familiar. Beautiful.
ROSALÍA wins the #BRITs award for International Artist of the Year.
Modern extension of detailed red brickwork and traditional flint at Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury, photographed against a grey-sky sky and an old terrace of cottages.
Finally made it across to Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury to catch the Stanley Spencer exhibition. I love the new National Lottery funded extension - what a stunning addition to this historic rural little silk-weaving town x
Do they though
My little daughter: “Wow! Look! A toddler has won TWO World Records for playing snooker!”
My husband: “That’s a foul. You’re supposed to keep one foot on the ground at all times.”
Thank you for your first newsletter @mirandakeeling.com 💌 Talking of tiny doors, have you ever seen the dinky doors in Cambridge?
www.dinkydoors.co.uk/tour
This is hospice care.
It’s helping families make treasured memories. It’s allowing anyone, anywhere to embrace the life we have left.
And it’s yours to protect.
Help it live on by leaving a Gifts in your Will to a hospice close to your heart.
www.thisishospicecare.org.uk
#ThisIsHospiceCare
Thank you Pip 🧡
🧡 We are proud to join 126 other hospices in the #ThisIsHospiceCare TV and radio campaign to encourage people to leave a gift to their local hospice in their Will. Thank you @hospiceuk.bsky.social for such a wonderful campaign 🧡 #Hospice @stelizabethhospice.bsky.social
Thank you to @ftweekend.com for flagging the absolutely stunning Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Palazzo Reale. We were in Milan for the Olympics but this was a treat that we would have missed without seeing the review. Le Alchimiste, on until 27 Sept.
www.ft.com/content/ad56...
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
Woman in Euston Station: Don’t stress.
Woman she’s with: Don’t stress? Don’t stress Rona? We’re at the wrong station, at the wrong time, on the wrong day. Again!
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
The view out the back of the library. The streetlights are on. The sky is light grey with a glimmer of the sunset just visible on the horizon
Okay things are getting serious this week. It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for EPISODE 5 of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
BRACE YOURSELF.
We started the year in darkness, but already it's THIS LIGHT! 💡
Outside, a bird tries to sing spring closer.
Flooded fields under a leaden sky, a scene that could be the Somerset Levels
“Heavy rains that often fall in February have flooded the low-lying meadows in the broad valley.”
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
It’s always difficult establishing a presence on a new social media site. You should all be following Ian McMillan who has made the move from X. Guaranteed to brighten up your timelines.
A drawing of the people in the text: a line-drawing, in colour, in a gently surrealist style. He has added a green stripy hat on the man. The text: A lady pretends she isn’t reading the book of a man on beside her on the bus, who pretends he isn’t holding it so it’s easier for her to do so.
For many years, @400footghost.bsky.social has been drawing my observations, simply because he wanted to respond. And for many years, folks have been asking me to share all of them in one place. So here they are - his beautiful pieces inspired by my words. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! 🧵…
Hello teachers.
Today I recorded 35 poetry workshops for you to use with your classes. 10 are for Early Years, 25 for KS 1,2 and Year 7. These are to go with the 11 that are already up on our channel.
Thanks to
@ApplesAndSnakes
for support.
I was on a busy train back from London last week. Two young men got on the train and started to play cards and asked everyone around them if they wanted to join in. Soon there were five people (from three different countries and all ages) cheerfully playing Cheat. It was joyful.
After visiting @nationaltrust.org.uk Sutton Hoo yesterday, 7 year-old has recreated the ship burial 😍
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Thank you Pip - the video gets me every time 🥺 We would never have been able to afford this quality alone but together, it was national campaign quality, personalised to us locally.
@madlinsudn.bsky.social I saw on LinkedIn that you are looking for good legacy digital campaign examples - I think the @hospiceuk.bsky.social “This is Hospice Care” was a great campaign, a collaboration of over 100 hospices so we all used the resources & video:
www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
Wow, that is tough to read but I admire Mark’s honesty.
ICYMI over the weekend, here's my latest look at charities on X and how this has shifted this month.
If you're new here, welcome.
When Bluesky had its first big push, I made starter packs of charities and charity sector orgs. Here's one of them. Most of the accounts here are regular users and worth a follow.
